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Brief History of Europe/Late modern period until 1914; Brief History of Europe/Print version; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Años 1910; Usage on fa.wikipedia.org امپریالیسم نو; Usage on fi.wikipedia.org Uusi imperialismi; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Le Fardeau de l'homme blanc; Colonisation; Usage on fr.wikiversity.org
Countries of Europe - 1914 - with labels: Image title: Labeled and coloured Map of Europe as it was in mid-1914, prior to the outbreak of World War 1. Every country has an ID which is its ISO3166-1-Alpha-3 code in lower case.
Before the expansion of early modern European powers, other empires had conquered and colonized territories, such as the Roman Empire in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Modern colonial empires first emerged with a race of exploration between the then most advanced European maritime powers, Portugal and Spain, during the 15th century. [2]
The colonial map was redrawn following the defeat of the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire after the World War I (1914–18). Colonies from the defeated empires were transferred to the newly founded League of Nations, which itself redistributed it to the victorious powers as "mandates".
All maps by Alphathon and based upon Blank map of Europe.svg unless otherwise stated. Deutsch: Diese Karte ist Teil einer Serie historischer politischer Europakarten. Solange nicht anders angegeben, wurden alle Karten durch Alphathon auf Basis von Blank map of Europe.svg erstellt, sofern nicht anders angegeben.
Most Frenchmen ignored foreign affairs and colonial issues. In 1914 the chief pressure group was the Parti colonial, a coalition of 50 organizations with a combined total of only 5,000 members. [89] [90] French colonies in 1891 (from Le Monde illustré) 1. Panorama of Lac-Kaï, French outpost in China 2. Yun-nan, in the quay of Hanoi 3.
Colonies on the Caribbean islands of St Lucia (1605) and Grenada (1609) rapidly folded. [25] The first permanent English settlement in the Americas was founded in 1607 in Jamestown by Captain John Smith, and managed by the Virginia Company; the Crown took direct control of the venture in 1624, thereby founding the Colony of Virginia. [26]
The original can be viewed here: Map Europe alliances 1914-fr.svg: . Modifications made by Fluteflute. I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under ...